Christmas deer toy capable of moving head, neck, and tail

ABSTRACT

A Christmas deer toy is capable of moving the head, neck, and tail thereof. The body unit, head unit, neck unit, and tail unit are pivotally connected. By a driving unit, the parts can move vividly to simulate the action of an animal. The driving unit includes a motor, a rotary arm, a main driving arm, a tail driven arm, and a head driven arm. Only a few components are used and the structure is simple. A rear end of the neck unit has an extending arm and a weight for assisting the actions of the head unit and neck unit to be more vivid.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to movable decorations, andparticularly to a Christmas deer toy capable of moving the head, neck,and tail thereof.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] Deer presents luckiness, an thus they are especially used inChristmas as a decoration. In prior arts, deer decorations are static.Afterwards, deer decorations are added with function of movement, but ingeneral, the movement of the deer is dull. Only a part of the deerdecoration is movable, even the motion is simple. Thereby, the action ofthe deer is mechanical and is not like a practical animal.

[0003] Some movable deer are improved to present more vivid actions butthe structure is very complicated and thus many components are used sothat costs in parts and labors are high.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0004] Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is toprovide a Christmas deer toy with a movable head, a movable neck, and amovable tail, wherein the body unit, head unit, neck unit, and tail unitare pivotally connected. By a driving unit, the parts can move vividlyto simulate the action of an animal.

[0005] Another object of the present invention is to provide a Christmasdeer toy capable of moving the head, neck, and tail thereof, wherein thedriving unit includes a motor, a rotary arm, a main driving arm, a taildriven arm, and a head driven arm. Only a few components are used andthe structure is simple.

[0006] A further object of the present invention is to provide aChristmas deer toy capable of moving the head, neck, and tail thereof,wherein a rear end of the neck unit has an extending arm and a weightfor assisting the actions of the head unit and neck unit so as to actvividly.

[0007] The various objects and advantages of the present invention willbe more readily understood from the following detailed description whenread in conjunction with the appended drawing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0008]FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the present invention.

[0009]FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of the present invention.

[0010]FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing one action of the presentinvention.

[0011]FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing another action of the presentinvention.

[0012]FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing that light effect is arrangedin the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0013] Referring to FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the Christmas deer toy capableof moving the head, neck, and tail thereof of the present invention isillustrated. The Christmas deer toy capable of moving the head, neck,and tail thereof includes a body unit 10, a neck unit 30, a head unit 20a tail unit 40, and a driving unit 50.

[0014] The body unit 10 is made by bending and welding a plurality ofmetal rods. A retaining seat 11 is installed therein for fixing a motor51. Two sides of a front end of the body unit 10 have respectivelinkages 12 for being pivotally connected to the neck unit 30. A rearend of the body unit 10 is installed with a pivotal end 13 for beingconnected to the tail unit 40.

[0015] The neck unit 30 is made by bending and welding a plurality ofmetal rods. A front end of the neck unit 30 is installed with an upperand a lower linkage rods 31 for being pivotally connected to the headunit 20. Two sides of the rear end of the neck unit 30 are installedwith respectively pivotal rings 32 for being pivotally connected to thelinkages 12 at the front end of the body unit 10. Moreover, an extendingarm 33 is extended from the pivotal ring 32. A middle section of theextending arm 33 is mounted with a driving pivotal end 34 and a distalend has a weight 35.

[0016] The head unit 20 is made by bending and welding a plurality ofmetal rods. A rear end of the head unit 20 is installed with an upperpivotal block 21 and a lower pivotal block 21 for being pivotallyconnected to the linkage rods 31 of the neck unit 30 and one lateralside of the rear end of the head unit 20 is mounted with a lateralpivotal block 22.

[0017] The tail unit 40 is formed by bending and welding metal rods. Afront end of the tail unit 40 is a connecting rod 41 with a pivotalportion 42. The connecting rod 41 is pivotally connected to the pivotalend 13 of the body unit 10.

[0018] The driving unit 50 contains a motor 51, a rotary arm 52, a maindriving arm 53, a tail driven arm 55, and a head driven arm 57. Themotor 51 is fixed to the retaining seat 11 of the body unit 10. One endof the rotary arm 52 is fixed to a rotary shaft of the motor 51 andanother end of the rotary arm 52 is pivotally connected to the maindriving arm 53. A middle section of the main driving arm 53 is installedwith a neck pivotal connecting end 54 and a distal end of the maindriving arm 53 is installed with a distal connecting rod 530 and a neckconnecting rod 531. A front end of the head driven arm 57 is pivotallyconnected to the lateral pivotal block 22 and a rear end of the headdriven arm 57 is pivotally connected to a neck pivotal connecting end 54of the main driving arm 53. The distal connecting rod 530 of the maindriving arm 53 is pivotally connected to the driving pivotal end 34 onthe extending arm 33 of the neck unit 30. A front end of the tail drivenarm 55 has a pivotal means 56 which is pivotally connected to the distalconnecting rod 530 of the main driving arm 53 and a rear end of the taildriven arm 55 is pivotally connected to the pivotal portion 42 of thetail unit 40.

[0019] The operation of the present invention will be described herein.

[0020] When the motor 51 is operated, the rotary shaft 510 rotates todrive a rotary arm. Moreover, following actions will be generated.

[0021] The head unit 20, neck unit 30 and tail unit 40 can swing upwardand downward, as shown in FIG. 3. The rotary arm 52 rotates so that themain driving arm 53 displaces so as to generate pull forces and pushforces. By the distal connecting rod 530 to be pivotally connected tothe driving pivotal end 34 of the extending arm 33 of the neck unit 30,the extending arm 33 is pulled downwards or ejects the extending arm 33to move upwards. Thereby, the neck unit 30 and the head unit 20 moveupwards or downwards to present an action of nod. Meanwhile, since thedistal connecting rod 530 of the main driving arm 53 is pivotallyconnected to the tail driven arm 55 and then is pivotally connected tothe tail unit 40, the tail connecting rod 530 displaces upward anddownward to present an action of swing the tail. Namely, the pivotalportion 32 of the neck unit 30 can move upward or downwards by using thepivotal portion to the linkage 12 of the body unit 10 as a fulcrum.

[0022] The head unit 20 can move leftwards or rightwards, as shown inFIG. 4. When the rotary arm 52 and the main driving arm 53 rotates,since the rear end of the head driven arm 57 is pivotally connected tothe neck pivotal connecting end 54 of the main driving arm 53. A frontend of the head driven arm 57 is eccentrically connected to the lateralpivotal block 22 of the head unit 20 so as to pull the head driven arm57 to move forwards or backwards. Since the connection is eccentric,thus the head unit 20 can rotate leftwards or rightwards. In detail, thehead unit 20 can swing around the lower linkage rod 31 so as to presentan effect of shaking head.

[0023] The effect of the weight 35 will be described herein. The neckunit 30 and the head unit 20 are inclined downwards. A downward forcewill generate. The weight 35 at the distal end of the extending arm 33is heavy so as to generate a downward force at a rear end. Thereby,seesaw effect is generated so that the head unit 20 and neck unit 30easily move up and down.

[0024] It is appreciated from above description that in the presentinvention, the motor 51 is installed with the driving unit 50. Thedriving unit 50 is formed by a main driving arm 53, a head driven arm57, and a tail driven arm 55. Thereby, the head, neck and tail canpresent the action of nodding head, shaking head, and shaking tail byonly a few components and a simple structure so as to present a vividshape. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 5, by arranging electric wires 14 andbulbs 15, the Christmas deer toy capable of moving the head, neck, andtail thereof of the present invention can be as a beautiful artisticproduction.

[0025] The present invention is thus described, it will be obvious thatthe same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to beregarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the presentinvention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilledin the art are intended to be included within the scope of the followingclaims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A Christmas deer toy capable of moving a head, aneck, and a tail thereof; the Christmas deer toy comprising a body unit,a neck unit, a head unit, a tail unit, and a driving unit, wherein: thebody unit is made by bending and welding a plurality of metal rods; aretaining seat is installed therein for fixing a motor; two sides of afront end of the body unit are respective linkages for being pivotallyconnected to the neck unit; a rear end of the body unit is installedwith a pivotal end for being connected to the tail unit; the neck unitis made by bending and welding a plurality of metal rods; a front end ofthe neck unit is installed with an upper and a lower linkage rods forbeing pivotally connected to the head unit; two sides of the rear end ofthe neck unit are installed with a pivotal ring for being pivotallyconnected to the linkages at the front end of the body unit; anextending arm is extended from the pivotal ring; a middle section of theextending arm is mounted with a driving pivotal end and a distal end ofthe extending arm has a weight; the head unit is made by bending andwelding a plurality of metal rods; a rear end of the head unit isinstalled with an upper pivotal block and a lower pivotal block forbeing pivotally connected to the linkage rods of the head unit and onelateral side of the rear end of the head unit is mounted with a lateralpivotal block; the tail unit is formed by bending and welding metalrods; a front end of the tail unit is a connecting rod with a pivotalportion; the connecting rod is pivotally connected to the pivotal end ofthe body unit; and the driving unit contains a motor, a rotary arm, amain driving arm, a tail driven arm, and a head driven arm; the motor isfixed to the retaining seat of the body unit; one end of the rotary armis fixed to a rotary shaft of the motor and another end of the rotaryarm is pivotally connected to the main driving arm; a middle section ofthe main driving arm is installed with a neck pivotal connecting end anda distal end of the main driving arm is installed with a distalconnecting rod and a neck connecting rod; a front end of the head drivenarm is pivotally connected to the lateral pivotal block and a rear endof the head driven arm is pivotally connected to a neck pivotalconnecting end of the main driving arm; the distal connecting rod of themain driving arm is pivotally connected to the driving pivotal end onthe extending arm of the neck unit; a front end of the tail driven armhas a pivotal means which is pivotally connected to the distalconnecting rod of the main driving arm and a rear end of the tail drivenarm is pivotally connected to the pivotal portion of the tail unit; byabove components, by driving the motor of the driving unit, the rotaryarm, main driving arm, tail driven arm, head driven arm, and extendingarm so that the head unit, neck unit, and tail unit moves.